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Hey if theres anyone who could help me i wanna run linux with windowsme on the same system the problem is i need to find a driver so i can run both of them so if anyone knows where i could get one id appreciate it if u told me thanks!!!!!!!!!
Which linux distro? Seperate hardrives is the best way. Are you talking about linux that runs from a folder in windows? Or something like SuSE or mandrake? Shouldnt need a driver to run one of these. they exist on a seperate partition created with FDISK or one of the 3rd party partitioning utilities like partition magic. Get ready for the command line my friend.
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I suggest you use mandrake (latest version is 8.0).
I don't understand exactly what driver you are talking about, because you don't really need one.
You'll need to partition first. Resize your primary partition, You can create an extended partition, but I would create the linux-partitions during installation (if you have partition magic, you can already create them: about 150MB linux swap, after that partition, make a linux ext2 (or linux native) partition). If you use mandrake, you can run diskdrake during the installation. I thought it was a bit more complicated in SuSE.
Install Windows FIRST! Then linux. Linux comes with the linux loader 'LiLo',so you will automatically have a bootloader.Johan
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Hey look pal.....you might be better to leave it alone............you could be in for several hours of setup just to get Linux configured....and if you want to get rid of it....sometimes its not easy to get your Windows Only machine back. It might even entail a re-install of Windows. Linux is for people who have access to Linux information or people who want to spend the many hours it takes to master Linux. And in some cases it means buying new hardware that is compatible with Linux. Ive installed four distro's and I took them all back off, including the last being Mandrake 8.0. I dual boot with Windows 2000 and ME.....and since this was my fourth attemp on Linux I was able to get Linux off and my dual boot back without too much hassle.
WINDOWS ISNT THAT BAD.......!!!!
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Undo, did you ever install linux?
I installed linux several times (due to a harddisk-crash, otherwise it would have been only once).
Mandrake 7.2 is installed in 20 minutes, with a lot of programs installed to.
Compared to windows, it's, euhm..., about 3 times faster. And then you only have windows installed. You then have to spend a few hours installing and configuring software, etc.
So I think if you look at the time to install, Linux wins.
If you look at the time you need to learn about linux, I must admit it is a bit more complicated then windows, but did you ever wonder how long it took you to get all your knowledge about windows that you have know?
I admit that I also use windows, because it's the easiest to use, but linux is coming closer everyday. (I'm going to try the new mandrake 8.0 in a few days...) I'll be happy to change to linux...
By the way, if you have partition magic, it's very easy to get rid of linux (you just need to be carefull where you install you bootmanager. Install it on a linuxpartition. To get rid of linux consist just in deleting the linuxpartitions and making a fat-partition...)
This is not to offend you, but I think people are to scared of linux. The first time I installed windows, I also didn't know what to do. Now I know, and I use the knowledge in linux, so the learning goes faster than I learned windows.Johan
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Johan,
Linux does not win. Windows is better hands down. For someone who hasn't run Linux before and knows nothing about it, it's a hell of a nightmare to get it all configured, download drivers and hope that your hardware is compatible. I know because I bought new hardware just to run it. It took me 2 days to get it configured and running on my machine and when it was configured (Mandrake 7.2), it was 3 times slower than Windows. And let's forget about the software issue, I won't even get into detail about that. Bottom line, soldier1686, you'd be better off sticking with Windows.
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Can anyone advise on a procedure for installing LINUX redhat with Windows ME....
I am afraid I not adept at PC Partitioning and the 1024 Cylinder lark...so its has to be ni "Applies and Oranges" format if you will.
Any help appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Damien.
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The 1024th cylinder is somewhere around the 8 GB. Just be sure to make your swap-partition somewhere in the first 8 GB of your harddisk and you should be OK. I think the newest version of LiLO supports booting from beyond the 1024th cylinder, but I don't know if redhad already has this version (SuSE 7.1 has it).
Ok, madrake 7.2 runs a bit slow when you use KDE 2, but goes a lot faster with other windowmanagers (not gnome). Somethimes linux doesn't detect the amount of ram correctly, but if you don't take the standard installation methode, you can just say how many you have and it is fixed. My videocard wasn't detected proparly, but I changed in a few minutes. The only thing that didn't work was my modem, but as I don't need it, I didn't try to solve it.
I would say, if someone wants to try linux, let him try so he can decide for himself if linux is good or not. Don't try keeping them away before the even had the change to try it...
Johan
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Nothing wrong with linux as long as your interested in it. However its not windows and the typical user (someone who can easily use windows) will not be able to operate it without investing some time in it. Not an hour or a couple of hours but days weeks and months. You should be ready to purchase new hardware, format your hardrive if you screw something up. It took me four months of partime research to connect to the internet using linux a couple of years ago. When i read the box i thought i would sit down that night and be surfing the web in an hour. I use and enjoy linux but would never recommend it to anyone i know for anything other than a freetime project at this point. Windows on the other hand right out of the box worked perfectly for me, but if you look around this site you will see not everyone has had this experience. Completely up to whoever wants to try it. When you ask for opinions get ready :):)
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Most of the users of Windows Me have graduated to it from previous Windows versions. I know I have: from 3.1 to 95 to Me. Since a lot of features are common to all versions, and you only have to learn new features for every version, the combined learning curve for the latest version of Windows you use is enormous.
Would the learnig time for Linux and Me be much different if you started ,say from DOS v3.0?.
My learning process for Me was greatly accelerated by the contributors to this board, for which I am eternally grateful. Perhaps budding users of Linux will be as lucky with their board.
Just some pholosophical observations.
Regards, Tym.
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